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Archive for November, 2008

iTunes U – soft launch

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

We’ve quietly gone live as the first public institution in Oregon to have a presence on iTunes U. But I won’t go too far in claiming that we are way ahead of the curve on this one. Other institutions have been up and running for years. Still, it’s an important part of an overall move [...]

Cre8Camp Portland

Monday, November 17th, 2008

This weekend I went to the second-ever Cre8Camp at souk in downtown Portland. The setup: a BarCamp-like unconference attended by about 50 or so creative professionals, mostly from the Portland area. Attendees suggested and led topics for the day, some of which included trend tracking, sustainable marketing, youth marketing, and generally how to keep creative [...]

Google Analytics

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

According to Google Analytics, every Monday over 20,000 visitors arrive at the OSU Web, stay two minutes and 14 seconds, view one and three-quarters pages, then move on.  The number decreases each day of the week until Saturday, when we’re down to less than 12,000 visitors.  What are those 12,000 people looking for on a [...]

Social Media Specialist

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

The Web Communications team is seeking a Social Media Specialist to help us organize our expansion of the OSU Web presence into the social arena. This is a growing and dynamic space, and we feel that a dedicated full-time position is not so much progressive as it is necessary to what we are doing on [...]

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